Silo.



J. H. RAY. SILO. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1914.

v Patented Nov. 24, 19141 JAMES H. RAY, OF HIGGINS, TEXAS.

SILO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 12, 1914. Serial No. 344,762.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES H. RAY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Higgins, in the. county of Lipscomband State pf Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSilos, of which the 7 following is a specification.

provision of a silo which is constructed from This invention relates toimprovements in silos.

' The primary object of the invention is the cement or other likematerial and which is provided with suitable reinforcing means.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a silo having anovelty constructed and reinforcing doorway designed to provide a ladderby means of which a person may obtain access to the upper end of thesaid silo.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a reinforcedcement silo provided with spaced rods disposed upon opposite sides ofthe doorway andhorizontal spaced rings embedded in said silo for thepurpose of reinforcing the same and having rungs extending across thedoorway to produce a-ladder, the alternate of the rungs be-- ingextended forwardly through the side of the silo and constitutingattaching means for engagement with a chute or other means whereby thecontents of the silo m ay be discharged. a

A still further object of this invention is to improve and simplifydevices of this character rendering them comparatively simple andinexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efficient in use and readilyaccessible.

Vvith the above and other objects in view, the present invention residesin the novel features of construction, formation, combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described,claimed and illustrated in' the draw-ring in whichthe figure is aperspective view of my invention.

Referring to the drawing by similar characters of reference through theseveral views, the numeral 5 designates generally my improved silo whichis preferably of cylindrical formation and constructed either of cementor other like substance, the same being provided with the usual doorway6 recessed at its inner side as at 7 for engagement with the removablysliding door panels 8. The opposite sides of the doorwav 6 arereinforced by the vertical rods 9 which are embedded in the material ,ofthe silo ad jacent the opposite sides of said door-way;

A plurality of horizontalspaced rings ,I lO

are likewise embedded in the material of the silo, completely encirclingthe latter within the walls thereof. The inner ends of these rings 10are bent as at 11, to embrace the vertical reinforcing rods 9. Theopposite sides of the rings 10 are connected by a strand of wire 12which is attached to the said rings 10 as shown at 13. The reinforcmgrods 9 are connected by equi-spaced main rungs 1d and intermediate rungs15 which extend across the doorway as clearly shown in the drawing,forming a ladder bymeans of which a person may obtain access to theupper end-of the silo for any purpose. The ends of these rungs 14 and"15 embrace the reinforcing rods 9 as shown by the numerals 16, whilethe terminals of the rungs 15, which are disposed between the rungs 14,are extended forwardly through-the side of the silo, providing parallelsupporting arms 17, formed with terminal eyes 18 by means of which asuitable chute (not shown in the drawing) may be attached to the silo atany desired height for the purpose of assifting in the removal of thecontents of the s1 0.

From the foregoing disclosures it will be manifest that a silo isprovided'which' will fulfil all the necessary requirements of such, adevice. It should also be understood in this connection that variousminor changes in the specific details of construction can be resortedto'-within the scope of the appended claims without departing from orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. In a silo such as described, a cylindrical bodyportion formed of plastic material, said silo having a doorway formed inone side thereof, spaced vertical reinforcing rods embedded in the bodyof said silo upon opposite sides of the doorway, rings em-.

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minal eyes provided upon said arms and a strand connecting said ringsupon the side of the silo opposite to the doorway.

2. In a silo, a body portion having a doorway formed therein, verticalreinforcing rods disposed upon opposite'sides of the doorway, ringsconnected to said reinforcing rods and embedded in the silo, a strand ofwire connecting said rings, inain rungs eonneeting the reinforcing rodsintermediate the rings and extending across said doorway, andintermediate rungs connecting the reinforcing rods and contacting withthe ends of the rings, and forwardly extending arms extending from theends of the intermediate 15 rungs and mojeetinp; through the side of thesilo upon opposite sides of the doorway, said arms having eyes providedtherein for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signa- 20 ture in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES H. RAY.

Witnesses:

' H. L. ADKINS,

M. E. MARQNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

